Potentially attested as scheuen in 1460, attested with certainty as <span class="searchmatch">Schieven</span> in 1866. Likely a compound of an inflected form of scheef (“bent, crooked”)...
Synonym: Stad der Paleizen (nickname) Meronyms: Anreep, Graswijk, Loon, Rhee, <span class="searchmatch">Schieven</span>, Ter Aard, Ubbena, Witten, Zeijerveen, Zeijerveld Assenaar Assens Asserbos...